genteel中文什么意思

adj.
1.有礼貌的，有教养的；有上流社会特点的，适合上流社会的。
2.〔口语〕优雅的，文雅的，有品格的。
3.时髦的；〔反意语〕装绅士派头的，赶时髦的，摆架子的。
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do the genteel 装气派。 live in genteel poverty 穷人摆阔。adv.
-ly ,-ness n.,-ism n.〔书面语〕雅语〔如用 stomach 替代 belly〕。

• do the genteel:    装气派
• genteel - loutish:    优雅的
• genteel poverty:    家境贫寒却虚摆场面

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1. I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives .
   我认识许多对夫妻，彼此根本不喜欢，生活仍然非常舒适温存。
2. It had a genteel appearance, and a well-dressed gentlemanly man sat on the seat, with a colored servant driving .
   那辆马车看上去很有气派，上面坐着一位衣冠楚楚，绅士模样的人，赶车的是个黑奴。
3. I defy any one to say that our becky, who has certainly some vices, has not been presented to the public in a perfectly genteel and inoffensive manner .
   我们的蓓基当然有许多品行不端的地方，可是她跟大家见面的时候，总是十分文雅得体的，在这一点上，谁也不能说我不对。
4. She lived a genteel , careful , frugal life
   她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
5. By the five furies , if i were not a genteel woman ,
   以五年复仇女神的名义如果我不是一位上流社会的女士

英文释义

形容词

1. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
   同义词：civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite